Garrett says lack of takeaways doomed Ryan

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Jan 24, 2013

In no way did Garrett directly say that the primary reason Ryan was fired was because of the lack of Cowboys’ takeaways. – Reports have surfaced over the last two days that Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said the main reason that defensive coordinator Rob Ry… (more)an was fired a week after the season ended was because of the defense’s lack of takeaways in 2012. That’s not what Garrett said. The Cowboys tied for 29 in the NFL last season with 16 takeaways and Marinelli’s Bears team led the league with 44 takeaways. “The Bears had 44 takeaways,” Garrett said this week at the Senior Bowl, via Carlos Mendez of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “We had 16. "I thought Rob did a really good job," Garrett said after Dallas' 8-8 season ended. At one point, Garrett also praised the Cowboys’ recent hires of defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin and defensive line coach Rod Marinelli, who had been Chicago’s defensive coordinator. “That’s something that we really sat back and thought a lot about, had a lot of discussions about, ‘What’s the best way to try to achieve that?’ And, then, ‘OK, you want to do that, now who are the guys who can help implement that?”

Let’s clear this up: Cowboys coach Jason Garrett didn’t say the main reason DC Rob Ryan was fired was because of lack of tak

MOBILE, Ala. — Reports have surfaced over the last two days that Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said the main reason that defensive coordinator Rob Ryan was fired a week after the season ended was because of the defense’s lack of takeaways in 2012. Thatâ

Garrett says lack of turnovers led to defensive coordinator turnover

So why did the Cowboys dump the 3-4 defense coordinated by Rob Ryan and adopt in its place a 4-3 scheme featuring multiple former Jon Gruden assistants? Garrett says the turnover comes from a lack of turnovers. “The Bears had 44 takeaways,” Garrett sa